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From: nick@lfcs.ed.ac.uk (Nick Rothwell)
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Subject: Re: USSR Microcomputers: How far behind US?
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Date: 3 May 89 09:38:40 GMT
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In article <528@laic.UUCP> darin@nova.UUCP (Darin Johnson) writes:
>>I was visiting the Space Research Institute in Moscow a little over
>>a year ago.  At least there, they have standardized on one kind
>>of computer: IBM clones.
>
>At least we don't have to worry them getting any technical
>advantage over us.

Well, in Space Research in particular, I get the impression that the USSR
have some advantages. How come their space shuttle can land itself, but the
American one can't?

		Nick
Nick Rothwell,	Laboratory for Foundations of Computer Science, Edinburgh.
		nick@lfcs.ed.ac.uk    <Atlantic Ocean>!mcvax!ukc!lfcs!nick
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